单选题 It has been justly said that while "we speak with our vocal organs we (1) with our whole bodies. " All of us communicate with one another (2) , as well as with words. Sometimes we know what we're doing, as with the use of gestures such as the thumbs-up sign to indicate that we (3) . But most of the time we're not aware that we're doing it. We gesture with eyebrows or a hand, meet someone else's eyes and (4) . These actions we (5) are random and incidental. But researchers (6) that there is a system of them almost as consistent and comprehensible as language, and they conclude that there is a whole (7) of body language, (8) the way we move, the gestures we employ, the posture we adopt, the facial expression we (9) , the extent to which we touch and distance we stand (10) each other.
Body language serves a variety of purposes. Firstly it can replace verbal communication, (11) with the use of gesture. Secondly it can modify verbal communication. Loudness and (12) of voice is an example here. Thirdly it regulates social interaction: turn taking is largely governed by non-verbal (13) . Fourthly it conveys our emotions and attitude. This is (14) important for successful cross-cultural communication.
Every culture has its own body language, and children absorb its nuances (15) with spoken language. The way an Englishman crosses his legs is (16) like the way a male American does it. When we communicate with people from other cultures, the body language sometimes help make the communication easy and (17) , such as shaking hand is such a (18) gesture that people all over the world know that it is a signal for greeting. But sometimes the body language can cause certain misunderstanding (19) people of different cultures often have different forms of behavior for sending the same message or have different (20) towards the same body signals.

单选题 A. address B. reverse C. converse D. confer
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考查词义的辨析
[解析] address、converse和confer三词均有“谈,说”之意,但是address是及物动词,表示“对……发表演说,向个人或团体陈述”,此处不能选;confer是不及物动词,confer with后多接人,表示“与……商谈,协商”;而converse是“谈心,交谈”之意,符合文章的意思。reverse意为“相反”,与句义相差甚远。此句意为:我们用我们的发声器官说话,用我们的整个身体交谈。
单选题 A. nonverbally B. verbally C. vocally D. univocally
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查词汇辨析
[解析] verbal与vocal词形相似,词义也极易混淆。verbal意为“用语言的,语言的”,而vocal意为“嗓音的,(用嗓子)发声的”。non一是表示“非,不”的前缀,nonverbally意为“不适用语言地”,根据句子意思:我们除用语言外,也用非语言的形式与他人交流,此处应选nonverbally。
单选题 A. refuse B. approve C. suspect D. alert
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查上下文理解+常识
[解析] thumbs-up sign意为“跷起大拇指”,根据我们的交际常识,跷起大拇指不会表示拒绝(refuse),也不会表示怀疑(suspect)和警告(alert),而应表示赞成、同意(approve)。
单选题 A. look up B. look down C. look away D. look back
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查词组的辨析
[解析] look up意为“向上看,查阅”,look down意为“向下看,看不起”,look away意为“向别处看,视线移开”,look back意为“回顾,倒退”。此句意为:我们一扬眉,一挥手,和某人目光相遇继而又向别处看去,改变坐姿……所以应选look away。
单选题 A. resume B. assume C. presume D. consume
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查形近单词的辨析
[解析] resume“恢复,重新使用”;assume“假定,设想”;presume“冒昧地做某事”;consume“消耗,消费”。此句意为:这些行为我们以为是随意的、偶然的。故选assume。
单选题 A. have discoveredB. have invented C. pointed out D. have revealed
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查词义的辨析及时态的运用
[解析] 人们的一举一动都属于某种体系,应是研究人员发现的,而不是invented;invent是指原来不存在而后来发明的东西,reveal是指揭露、泄露秘密或不为人知的东西,与句义也不符。pointed out“指出”,虽然在意思上和句义相符,但是时态应用不当,此处,强调发现的东西对现在的影响,应用现在完成时。
单选题 A. level B. extent C. group D. range
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查词义的辨析
[解析] level意为“水平,区域”,如与body language搭配,显然不符合句子的意思;extent“范围,程度”,与文章意思也不相关;group和range都有“组,群,类”的意思,但range偏重于类似物的组合或系列,因此,此处应用range。a whole range of body language意为:一整套形体语言。
单选题 A. included B. including C. include D. inclusive
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查词形变换的辨析
[解析] 这里缺的是介词,而include是动词,inclusive是形容词,只有including是介词。
单选题 A. wear B. put on C. bring D. hold
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查词义的辨析
[解析] wear有“面带,面露(某种样子)”的意思,put on“假装,装出”,bring和hold均不能与facial expression搭配。因此,这里应选[A]。
单选题 A. to B. between C. within D. from
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查介词的搭配
[解析] 此处表示站立时彼此之间的距离,应用介词from。
单选题 A. as if B. when C. as D. like
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查词汇用法辨析
[解析] as if“仿佛,好像”,相当于连词,后面应接从句;when也是连词,引导时间状语从句;like作“像,相似”解时,是介词,后接代词和名词;只有as既能作连词又能作副词,as在这里是副词,意为“像,和……一样”。
单选题 A. pitch B. tone C. frequency D. volume
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查近义词辨析
[解析] 这四个词都与声音有关,pitch是指音调或声音的音高,可引申为“音质”;tone是指声音的音调、音强,多用来指说话人的语调、语气、口吻;frequency“频率、周期”;volume“音量”。因此这里选tone。
单选题 A. signs B. gestures C. movements D. signals
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查交际常识
[解析] sign指用手、头等做的示意动作;gesture仅指手势;movement表示任何的身体动作;signal表示手势、声音等传递信息的信号、暗号。文章要表达的意思是:交谈时该谁说了,是由非语言性的信号决定的,所以选signals。
单选题 A. specifically B. specially C. particularly D. equally
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查副词
[解析] specifically“特别地、特殊地”;specially“特地,专门地”;particularly“尤其地”;equally“同样地、平等地”。这里表示尤其重要,故应选particularly。
单选题 A. also B. along C. besides D. alone
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查习惯搭配
[解析] along with“与……一道,同时”。also不能与with搭配。alone虽与along词形相似,但是意思相差很远,为“孤独的”;besides“此外,同时”,不与with搭配。
单选题 A. nothing B. something C. anything D. none
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查不定代词的运用
[解析] 本句意为:一个英国男子双腿交叉与一个美国男子双腿交叉大不相同。此处应填一个否定词,可排除something和anything。nothing like“丝毫不像”,是习惯用法。而none无此搭配。
单选题 A. efficient B. affective C. effective D. effectual
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查词形、词义相似的词的辨析
[解析] efficient“有效率的,高效的”;affective“情感的”;effective“有效的,奏效的”;effectual虽也指“有效的”,但不用来指人,而多指步骤、措施有效的。此处应选用effective。
单选题 A. unusual B. unique C. ordinary D. universal
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查句义理解
[解析] 这里句义是:握手是全球通行的手势,世界各地的人们都知道这是一个问候的信号。unusual“不寻常的”;unique“唯一的”;ordinary“普遍的”;universal“普通的”,此处只有universal符合句义。
单选题 A. hence B. since C. thus D. and
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查连词
[解析] hence表示结果,意思是“所以”;since表示原因,意思是“因为,既然”;thus表示结果,意思是“所以”;and表示并列关系。这里表原因,所以用since。
单选题 A. interpretations B. implicative C. understanding D. implications
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查词义的辨析
[解析] interpretations“解释,含义”;implicarive和implicat;ions均指“暗示”,这里指相同的形体信号有不同的含义。因此选[A]。